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Phyllodactylus angustidigitus DIXON & HUEY, 1970

IUCN Red List - Phyllodactylus angustidigitus - Endangered, EN
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Higher TaxaPhyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Narrow Leaf-toed Gecko 
SynonymPhyllodactylus angustidigitus DIXON & HUEY 1970: 16
Phyllodactylus angustidigitus — KLUGE 1993
Phyllodactylus angustidigitus — RÖSLER 2000: 103
Phyllodactylus angustidigitus — SULLIVAN et al. 2026 
DistributionPeru (beaches of Paracas, Peninsula and associated islands)

Type locality: Peru, Ica, Pisco  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: TCWC 27915, adult male, collected by James R. Dixon and John W. Wright, 11 November 1968 
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CommentPhylogenetics: Phyllodactylus gerrhopygus and P. angustidigitus are paraphyletic with respect to other Phyllodactylus as well as Garthia and Homonota, but Sullivan et al. 2026 did not resolve this problem. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “angustus, -a, -um” = narrow and “digitus” = finger. 
References
  • Dixon, James R. & Huey, Raymond B. 1970. Systematics of the lizards of the Gekkonid genus Phyllodactylus on mainland South America. Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum (192): 1-78 - get paper here
  • Goldberg, Stephen R. 2016. Note on Reproduction of Phyllodactylus angustidigitus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Peru. Bull. Chicago Herp. Soc. 51(3): 45-46 - get paper here
  • Huey, R. B. 1979. Parapatry and niche complementarity of Peruvian desert geckos (Phyllodactylus): the ambiguous role of competition. Oecologia (Berl.) 38: 249-259 - get paper here
  • Mendoza A, Pérez J, Alvarado E, Barrera D, Castillo E, Fernandez M, Milla J, Olivera D, Ramirez C, Santa Cruz R, Salazar E, Torres-Ccasani G, Aguilar-Puntriano C. 2023. Anfibios y reptiles del departamento de Ica con comentarios sobre su distribución. Revista peruana de biología 30(1): e23425 001- 014 (Marzo 2023) - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Sullivan, Kathryn A; Randy L Klabacka, Alessandro Catenazzi, José Pérez Z, Pablo J Venegas, Perry L Wood, Darren C Browne, Claudia Koch, Jeroen P van Leeuwen, Federico Valdez, Stuart V Nielsen, Aaron M Bauer, Jack W Sites, César Aguilar Puntriano, El 2026. One if by land, two if by sea: molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the Neotropical leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylidae: Phyllodactylus). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 206 (4): zlag063 - get paper here
  • Vilca-Alzamora, C., & Pérez, J. 2026. Unexpectedly large nightly movement and extended activity in the endangered coastal desert gecko Phyllodactylus angustidigitus (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae). SALAMANDRA, 62(3), 249-253 - get paper here
 
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